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sainsburys food shop

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Pamela

Pamela Report 18 Jul 2011 18:30

i have been told that my family was the 1st mrs sainsbury of sainsbury food i do not have a first name surname was williams she left tredegar south wales to live in london where she meet a man named sainsbury and they opened a shop any ideas where to start thanks

LD

LD Report 18 Jul 2011 18:36

http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=188&caseid=archive

LD

LD Report 18 Jul 2011 18:40

The founders were John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann

Marriages Jun 1869 (>99%)
Badminton Julia St Giles 1b 678 Scan available - click to view
Holley Robert William St Giles 1b 678 Scan available - click to view
SAINSBURY John James St. Giles 1b 678 Scan available - click to view
Staples Mary Ann St Giles 1b 678 Scan available - click to view

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 18 Jul 2011 18:44

1871 poss

Name: John James Linabury
[John James Sainsbury]
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Linabury
Gender: Male
Where born: Lambeth
Civil parish: St Giles in The Fields
Ecclesiastical parish: St Giles
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: St Giles
Sub-registration district: St Giles, South
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Household schedule number: 400
Piece: 347
Folio: 70
Page Number: 75
Household Members: Name Age
John James Linabury 26
Mary Ann Linabury 23
John Benjn Linabury 3 Months

Occupation of dairyman

Pamela

Pamela Report 18 Jul 2011 19:05

why is the name linabury

LD

LD Report 18 Jul 2011 19:07

That was an error when first transcribed as it looks like Linabury on the image, but at a later stage somebody has corrected it.

Rambling

Rambling Report 18 Jul 2011 19:22

Pamela i am sending you a PM